Farm Subsidy information
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Information
Total Subsidies, Pennsylvania, 2011
Pennsylvania Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Pennsylvania ranking: 29 of 50 States
- 80 percent of farms in Pennsylvania did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Pennsylvania, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2011 |
Subsidy Total 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corn Subsidies | 8,942 | $46,568,042 |
| 2 | Conservation Reserve Program | 7,473 | $24,730,135 |
| 3 | Soybean Subsidies | 4,145 | $10,580,863 |
| 4 | Wheat Subsidies | 4,897 | $2,360,154 |
| 5 | Disaster Payments | 72 | $911,300 |
| 6 | Livestock Subsidies | 62 | $474,284 |
| 7 | Barley Subsidies | 3,039 | $329,517 |
| 8 | Oat Subsidies | 5,331 | $122,538 |
| 9 | Sorghum Subsidies | 432 | $59,020 |
| 10 | Dairy Program Subsidies | 36 | $11,732 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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